Notable Call Options Activity in Alexco Resource

Shares of Alexco Resource AXU are higher on the session by 5.63%, currently trading at $7.88. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past three weeks and is currently trading above the 50-day average. Options traders are focusing on calls today. A short while ago the January 2012 $7.50 call traded 500 times on open interest of 1,522 contracts. Alexco Resource Corp. operates two businesses: mineral exploration and development in Canada, in Yukon Territory, and under its Alexco Environmental Group division, the provision of consulting and project management services in respect of environmental permitting and compliance and site remediation and reclamation, in Canada and the United States.